Tim Queeney

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The next time you think one person can’t make much of a difference, just remember how much Donald Trump has fucked up literally everything.

One day America will have a real president again, there to serve the people, not feed his deeply broken ego. Can you remember what a real president acts like?

The idea that the President of the United States could publish an image of himself as the Messiah and no news outlet covers it is the biggest indictment of the American free press.

Trump and Hegseth learning in real time that sovereign countries are a lot harder to intimidate than battered wives and United States senators… Not the same thing.

Yep. Too bad. Hegseth is one of many things we tried to warn the country about.

#EPSTEINFILES

Why is this only happening now? It should have been done decades ago. They won't pass it, they'll never give up the money they make while in office.

Gomez to Gabbard and Racliffe: "If the president can just ignore what you're doing, why do you even have a job? Why even advise him? You're saying the president can say tomorrow China is an imminent threat no matter what the intelligence says, and then he can take his own action."

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle. "That's just how it is."

Fellow nonfiction writer Amy Brady (Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks) just interviewed me for her excellent blog Library of Wonders. I reveal a key interview technique that often makes talks with experts extra fun & useful. libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/rope-and-research

If you're in the Maine/Pennsylvania/Connecticut area, come by and get tied up in Rope! More info at timqueeney.com #ropebook

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Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Vance in Oct. of 2024: "Our interests, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran right? Right. It would be a huge distraction of resources it would be massively expensive to our country."

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say reut.rs/4aYKAFU

Trump & Co have been talking about US military action for weeks, if not months, and positioning the assets to do it - long before such intelligence ever could have become a factor. This is transparent nonsense.

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For those Boycotting the State of the Union, MoveOn and MeidasTouch are hosting the People’s State of the Union. Let’s unite at this live event for an uplifting and powerful purpose. 💙💙💙

The only question left by the Supreme Court decision on tariffs is: What the fuck is wrong with Thomas, Alito, and Kavenaugh? The Constitution could not say more clearly that only Congress has the power to impose taxes. Can't those three justices umderstand a simple, direct English sentence?

Collins stood silently in the Oval Office clutching a red MAGA hat as Trump told lies about our elections and repeated his call for the federal government to take over vote counting in certain parts of the country. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

Add your name to the petition NOW and show that Americans are in solidarity with the people of Greenland in opposing any attempts to buy or invade their home. sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...

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The moon and Jupiter (green circle is not a UFO but an internal reflection of the moon in the lens!). Even though Jupiter is 82 times larger in diameter than the moon, it is 1,776 times farther away, allowing the puny moon to outshine it! No matter how small you think you are, keep shining! #Maine

It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

Agree 💯 With Bernie.......

I don't think people are really processing the fact that the sitting U.S. President and his team — and maybe the Supreme Court — and maybe half the Congress — want to force us to accept that we should obey the President and not the Constitution. I don't know what news would be bigger than that.

My book "Rope - How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization" makes Library Journal's "Stellar Selections | Best Books 2025" list. That's pretty cool - Librarians rule! #ropebook Bit.ly/RopeBook StMartinsPress.bsky.social www.libraryjournal.com/story/Best%2...

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The same idiots who believed that tv station believed the administration.... It's a classic propaganda ploy....take the people who are believed/familiar to by the masses (GOP) and put them in positions of power...no one (GOP) will question what they do....

A remote rock shelter in Cape York has preserved 1,700 years of Aboriginal fibrecraft, revealing nets, bags, belts, and everyday technologies rarely seen in the archaeological record. A rare archive of continuity and resilience. #Archaeology #Australia #IndigenousHistory #MaterialCulture

Those six brave Democrats...and OTHERS...should IMMEDIATELY create and release ANOTHER video message to our military men and women...and point out how bat shit crazy Donald Trump's response to it was, and why that confirms the necessity of their first video message.

Audio book fans, check out this excerpt from the audio version of my book Rope. The GooglePlay Books folks aren't fooling around, they've provided nearly an hour-long excerpt (read by the talented Timothy Andres Pabon). Enjoy! stmartinspress.bsky.social #ropebook youtu.be/blAU3_n9o0c?...

Trump is making a conscious decision not to fund SNAP. This isn’t an accident — it’s intentional. It shows exactly how he feels about the American people: we’re disposable to him unless we serve his interests.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's epic 1974 fight — famous worldwide as "The Rumble in the Jungle" — gave rise to the "rope-a-dope" controversy. What was Angelo Dundee up to and what really happened in Kinshasa? #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social timqueeney.com/the-rope-a-d...

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days. Epstein Shutdown.

a great read!

If you missed my recent Rope book talk, here's a complete video of my talk and Q&A from the audience at the Scarborough, Maine public library. #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social Rope book talk youtu.be/7aO_rwHFyLs?... via @YouTube